November 20 - In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
November 21 - In 1964, The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened to traffic. At the time it was the world's longest bridge span.
November 22 - In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.
November 23 - In 1890, King William III of the Netherlands died without a male heir and a special law was passed to allow his daughter, Princess Wilhelmina, to succeed him.
November 24 - In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy.
November 25 - In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
